Loudoun County, Virginia, deputies arrested two men allegedly caught cutting a fence at Dominion Energy property to steal copper wire, but the nearby substation was not breached.
Christopher J. Macmillan, 51, and Joshua L. Settle, 38, were arrested in connection with a burglary in Aldie at an electrical storage yard on Dominion Energy property."While the incident remains under investigation, all indications point to the subjects being there to steal copper wire. Dominion Energy officials confirmed there was no breach of an adjacent Dominion Energy Substation," the sheriff’s office wrote on Facebook, describing the incident as a"burglary.
Crews in Carthage work to restore power to tens of thousands in Moore County, North Carolina, after an attack at two Duke Energy substations in December.Virginia State Police and the Fairfax County Police Department Helicopter Division provided assistance.
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